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I saved the shoping cart at zipzoomfly.com. Heres what I’m buying.

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 bit 3700 (San Diego)

Total 2GB RAM - Patriot PC3200 two 1GB sticks

Motherboard – Epox EP-9NPA

Video Card - eVGA GeForce 7800 GT PCI express 256MB DDR3 dual DVI-D out/HDTV out

Power Supply - Logisys 550W

Cooler/Heatsink – Thermaltake Blue Orb II

Total came to $860. Thats a bit more than I wanted to spend. I was up to $550 before I found out more news today. I found out today the video card I planed on buying wouldn’t work. The 30″ Dell needs dual DVI-D connections coming from the video card. Leaving me with no other option but to buy a top of the line graphics card. Gaming should be fast and smooth, but I’ve never and would never spend $300 on a video card just for games.

The price increased again when I found out that the video card consumes more power. So I had to get a new power supply. As long as I’m getting hit with $100 here and $50 there I might as well get some new Ram right?.

So the only thing I’m salvaging off the old PC is the two hard drives, the DVD burner, and the case. Everything said and done I guess I’m due. I have not had a new PC in about 2 years. The one I’m running now is about shot. I had to turn down my CPU to half speed due to age and this Tropical heat here in Thailand. So I will be noticing a huge increase in performance for sure.

—————————–UPDATE:————————————

zipzoomfly seemed to have a problem with me ording it online from Bangkok. They “do not accept trasactions outside the US and Canada” Even with a US credit card and shipping to a US address. I guess they logged my Bangkok IP address when I was online making the order. I had to get it all from Newegg.com. Should make it to My house in STL a few days before me. I’m happy